Cephus
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Re: Should catholics be banned from building churches near elementuaryschools & dayc
That's not hard to do.
40 years ago, Pope John XXIII wrote "Crimine solicitationies", a 69-page document, bearing his official seal, that was sent out to all the bishops in the church. The document requires that no record of sexual abuse cases be kept where it may be accessed by the public, all records must "be diligently stored in the secret archives of the Curia [Vatican] as strictly confidential. Nor is it to be published nor added to with any commentaries." It also required that all victims be compelled to take an oath of secrecy when reporting the complaint to church officials, under religious threat if they do not comply. Bishops are instructed to pursue these cases "in the most secretive way... restrained by a perpetual silence... and everyone... is to observe the strictest secret which is commonly regarded as a secret of the Holy Office... under the penalty of excommunication".
Then-Cardinal Ratzinger, in 2001, sent a letter to all the bishops in the church stating that said law regarding strict secrecy in sex abuse cases was still in effect, effectively threatening anyone who would dare bring such cases to public light.
None of this is at all secret information, it's freely available for anyone who wants to look for it.
Since there is such an official church doctrine, surely you are able to post it here and remove any doubt that your opinion is correct.
That's not hard to do.
40 years ago, Pope John XXIII wrote "Crimine solicitationies", a 69-page document, bearing his official seal, that was sent out to all the bishops in the church. The document requires that no record of sexual abuse cases be kept where it may be accessed by the public, all records must "be diligently stored in the secret archives of the Curia [Vatican] as strictly confidential. Nor is it to be published nor added to with any commentaries." It also required that all victims be compelled to take an oath of secrecy when reporting the complaint to church officials, under religious threat if they do not comply. Bishops are instructed to pursue these cases "in the most secretive way... restrained by a perpetual silence... and everyone... is to observe the strictest secret which is commonly regarded as a secret of the Holy Office... under the penalty of excommunication".
Then-Cardinal Ratzinger, in 2001, sent a letter to all the bishops in the church stating that said law regarding strict secrecy in sex abuse cases was still in effect, effectively threatening anyone who would dare bring such cases to public light.
None of this is at all secret information, it's freely available for anyone who wants to look for it.